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NBA's CBA talks get underway

By Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

NEW YORK -- The countdown to the next NBA lockout began in a way Tuesday, with commissioner David Stern and a group of 10 team owners making it abundantly clear that they will not extend the current labor deal into the 2011-12 season. The owners met with players' union representatives for nearly 3½ hours at a Manhattan hotel in the first formal round of collective bargaining talks toward the next NBA labor agreement. The current deal will run for two more seasons, and the owners must noti ...

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